Installing KDE on fedora 13

[Thomas Janssen]

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Ken McFarlane <kwmcfarlane at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a long-time computer user but i've failed to switch to KDE on my
> fresh fedora install. Is the help on this?
>
> I installed standard fedora 13 (gnome) and now want  to use KDE.
>
> I followed the instructions in the
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE#Using_KDE page down to the
> 'Graphical Interface" section. Whether I use the switchdesktop command
> from the command line or use the system-switch-displaymanager kdm as
> root, I still get the gnome desktop (with a lot of entries in the
> menu, some with duplicates, like 'System monitor').
>
> I do get a message saying I have to restart the X system. (Of course,
> I'm supposed to know what that means.) Deciding that restarting fedora
> will surely restart the X system, I do that, looking forward to
> choosing a KDE session during login. After all, you say:
> "During the default login process, you can use the "Session" menu to
> choose a KDE login instead of a GNOME login. You will be asked if you
> wish to make KDE your default desktop."
> There is no "Session" menu during the login process, I just go
> straight to the gnome desktop, menus cluttered with KDE stuff.

Look at the bottom of your screen after you typed your username in.

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Best regards
Thomas